Concept information
Preferred term
bemBemba
Type
-
Language
Definition
- The Bemba language, ChiBemba (also spelled Cibemba, Ichibemba, Icibemba and Chiwemba), is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups, including the Bisa people of Mpika and Lake Bangweulu, and to a lesser extent in Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Botswana. Including all its dialects, Bemba is the most spoken indigenous language in Zambia.
Entry terms
- Bemba language
- Bemba (Zambia)
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- bem
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- bem
ISO 639-3 code
- bem
Notation
- bem
In other languages
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bemba
French
-
Bemba
-
Bemba
German
-
Bemba-Sprache
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wemba
Italian
-
Lingua bemba
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Portuguese
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Língua bemba
-
bemba
Spanish
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Idioma bemba
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bem
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